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The booming illegal international wildlife trade forced conservationists to do the unthinkable Tuesday: Brand the golden domes of two of the rarest tortoises on Earth to reduce their black market value by making it easier for authorities to trace them if stolen.<p>"It's heartbreaking that it's come to …

“The species now stands at the brink of complete extinction, a sorry testament to the greed of the human race”<p>Only six northern white rhinos are left alive after Suni, a 34-year-old and the first of his kind to be born in captivity, was found dead on Friday by rangers at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy …

In 1796, Georges Cuvier convinced his fellow researchers that some bones belonged to a species that no longer roamed the Earth.<p>At the end of the 18th century, Georges Cuvier was thinking quite seriously about elephant teeth. He was working in Paris, in the National Museum of Natural History, where …

The ruling does not affect other captive orcas in the United States.<p><i>Updated February 5.</i><p>The federal government listed a captive orca at a Miami aquarium as an endangered species on Wednesday, though the new designation doesn't mean the killer whale will be released anytime soon.<p>Animal activists have …

The oceans have become a killing field. Thanks to giant trawlers armed with technology and massive nets, the seas are running low on the fish we like to eat, like halibut and cod, making room for the ones we don’t like.<p>Over the past century, the biomass of predatory fish in the world's oceans has …

A new study predicts that many Earth lifeforms risk extinction<p>Global warming has already affected our sea levels and permafrost, and now it’s coming after plants and animals. A new study shows that if we current on our current trajectory of global warming, 16 percent of species will be in danger of …

Eggs submerged under seawater are less likely to hatch, study at world’s largest green turtle nesting site on the Great Barrier Reef shows<p>Rising sea levels could decimate sea turtle nesting sites around the world, scientists have warned, with the largest rookery site for green turtles increasingly …

Biologists with the New England Aquarium are investigating what may have caused a rarely-seen deep water whale to wash up on a Massachusetts beach.<p>The carcass of the 17-foot female, weighing almost a ton, was found Friday on Jones Beach in Plymouth.<p>Aquarium biologists and staff from the …

Columbus Zoo and Aquarium presses charges against Joshua Newell, 35, after clip shows affectionate meeting with big cats<p>Ohio zoo officials say they are pressing charges against a man who jumped a fence to pet cougars, then posted a video on YouTube.<p>The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium said the Delaware …

The abiding takeaway from the three-part documentary series “Life on the Reef” is that the single largest living organism on Earth — Australia’s Great Barrier Reef — is not only fragile, but in an ongoing fight for its life.<p>Originally made for Australia’s ABC-TV, “Reef” premieres Wednesday, July …